Removing Weak Security from SQL Server
The password options for BACKUP at deprecated, which Steve thinks is a good thing.
2023-08-25
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Editorials
2023-08-23
174 reads
A Real World Clash with AIs
Protesters disable AI vehicles, setting up a clash between digital AIs and the real world.
2023-08-21
185 reads
Using AI with Data Tasks
Steve isn't sure that AI is that helpful with data tasks. It can be, but likely in specific areas rather than helping us with everything and taking our jobs.
2023-08-19
92 reads
Taking Advantage of Conferences
Conferences have been a part of Steve's career for a long time. He talks about how he'd taken advantage of the opportunities he's had.
2023-08-18
77 reads
Code Building Code
Using code to help you write code is a time honored tradition in software development.
2023-08-16 (first published: 2019-04-09)
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Using Clear Language to Avoid Confusion
Communication can be challenging when we don't work closely with others. Steve draws a comparison with a popular children's show in the US.
2023-08-14
149 reads
What Counts For a DBA: Manners
When most people were young, they had someone telling them to "Mind your manners." Such classics as: "Keep your elbows off of the table," "Use a fork," "Put on deodorant," as well as "Don't chew with your mouth open" were bandied about like there were laws of nature. However, manners differ significantly from laws in […]
2023-08-12
147 reads
What Have You Done Lately Outside of Work?
Today Steve asks the question about what you do outside of work to advance your career.
2023-08-11
130 reads
How Wrong is Stack Overflow?
Steve has a few thoughts on a rant about Stack Overflow. An experienced developer thinks much of their information is wrong and things are getting worse.
2023-08-09
340 reads
Blogs
Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
From DBA or Data Engineer to AI Engineer: A Realistic Path
If you spend your days tuning queries, managing pipelines, or keeping a production database...
Asynchronous Replication of Snapshots from an ActiveCluster Pod to a Third Array
I’ve been rebuilding my three-site SQL Server demo lab, and I ran into something...
Forums
STRING_AGG DISTINCT
Has anyone written a wrapper function (or similar) around STRING_AGG() to allow the retrieval...
In-place OS upgrade or migration to new OS?
Putting this here as we're currently on SQL Server 2019 installed on Windows Server...
Never is Not the Policy
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Question of the Day
Rebuilding All Indexes
I have added a few indexes to one of my tables in SQL Server 2025:
ALTER TABLE dbo.CustomerContact
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_CustomerContact
PRIMARY KEY (CustomerID);
-- Create index on CustomerEmail
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerEmail
ON dbo.CustomerContact (CustomerEmail);
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone
ON dbo.CustomerContact (phone);
I then do this to disable one index:
alter index IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone on dbo.CustomerContact disableI see this when I check the index status:
I decide to rebuild all indexes with this command:
ALTER INDEX ALL ON dbo.CustomerContact rebuildAfter I do this, what will I see for the index status? See possible answers